Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rocket's nose. Locked together, the two craft proceeded on a long coast to the moon. Before they bedded down for their first night in space, Conrad and Bean made an unscheduled inspection of Intrepid while Astronaut Gordon remained at the controls of the command module. To their relief, the LM's electronic gear had also withstood the sudden pulse of current. By now the astronauts were in such high spirits that they asked Mission Control to replay the tense communications of the first few seconds. "We're still laughing, trying to remember what we said...
...convention in Columbus, Ohio, the A.C.C.C. went so far as to repudiate its founder. Mclntire was pointedly not returned to the council's executive committee, on which he has sat for 28 years. The convention also passed a resolution criticizing him for his cavalier transfer of an A.C.C.C. relief fund to the l.C.C.C.-and then spending some 54% of nearly half a million dollars for "administrative expenses" over eight years...
...Jean Lacouture and David Halberstam recount the development and deepening of the war. Meanwhile the screen shows scenes of John Foster Dulles promulgating his doctrine of "collective security" and French troops vanquished at Dienbienphu. There are glimpses of wartime savagery on both sides, and there is even some comic relief, as when Madame Nhu announces "About that question of the rubber stamp parliament: I have repeatedly said, 'But what's wrong to rubber-stamp the laws we approve...
MacBean had not played quarterback in a "T" formation since his high school days, but the change was a welcome relief to him. "I was disappointed that we didn't pass more before. I like playing the "T" much more. The change is not so much what I do physically as what I do mentally. Now I am much more involved in the game," he said...
...plan to fight for restoration of the depletion-allowance cuts on the Senate floor, and liberals will attempt to soften the restrictions on foundations. A conference committee will have to resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Still, ultimate passage of some kind of relief and reform bill is certain. Although it believes the Senate version will result in less short-term revenue loss, the Treasury Department has placed its imprimatur on both bills. Few Congressmen or Senators will be able to face their constituents in next year's elections unless they can show...